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T0 all whom it may concern to have inserted within it a wringer, herein-UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

SAMUEL CONVERSE, or MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,913, datedSeptember 8, 1885.

Application filed November 15, 1884. No model.)

Be it known that I, SAMUEL CoNvERsE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWashing Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side view of my device. Fig. 2 is avertical crosssectional This invention relates to improvements in thatclass of washing-machines in which one or more reciprocating beaters ordashers are actuated by proper mechanism and adapted to do the work; andit consists, mainly, in the construction of the said reciprocatingdashers and their novel arrangement and actionin relation to a falsebottom inserted in the tub, the construction of which is hereinafterfully described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings. and the letters of referencemarked thereon, A represents a rectangular tub or wash-box, havinghinged to its rear end the cover a, which forms part of it. The frontupper part, a, of the body of the box is rounded upward and outward andopen at top, being adapted after described. The lid is secured down bythe hooks a a which are pivoted to the sides of the box, and engage instaples on the under surface of the lid, as shown. a is a detent, piecefixed to the "rear of the box to prevent the lid turning too far off.

B is a rectangular frame rising from the lid of the box, with its sidebeams, 12 b, standing centrally from the side edges of the same. Theframe moves with the lid, and when the latter is closed thedownwardextendinglower ends of its side beams rest against the outersides of the box.

A transverse shaft, 0, provided with the two similar cranks c and c, hasbearings in the side beams, 12 b, and passes through a vertical rods GG.

beam, a, connecting the lid and the, crossbeam of the frame B, a shortdistance to the inner side of the beam 1). p

D is a gear-wheel on the shaft C, between the side beam b and the beam 0and dis a short shaft journaled in bearings in the beams b and 0 belowthe shaft 0, and carrying a gear-wheel, d, which meshes with the gearwheel D. d is a crank-handle on the shaft d, by which the same may berotated.

E E are similar fly or balance wheels on the ends of the shaft 0extended beyond the side beams, 12 b.

If desired, the machine may be actuated by a belt passing on either ofthe wheels E.

The cranks c and 0 have, respectively, plvoted upon them the upper endsof the connecting-rods F F, the lower ends of which pivot upon andactuate the reciprocating dasher- The cranks c and 0 lie on oppositesides of the shaft 0, so that the dasher-rods are reciprocatedalternately. The dasher rods pass through proper openings in the lid,and

are directed in their movement by the guideplates 9 g, standingvertically on the sides of each opening, the extended ends of the pivotswhich unite the connecting and dasher rods playing in grooves orlongitudinal recesses 1n said plates.

H H are the dasher-plates, made preferably of wooden slats h,rectangular in shape and attached to the lower ends of the dasherrods GG, respectively, by means hereinafter described." w

I I are springs made of metal'wire or bar, which have their inner endsfixed to the lower end of the dasher rods and their horizontal portions(1 resting upon and secured to the slats h of the dasher-plates.

The construction is the same in both dashers. The lower end of thedasher-rod is bored out to receive a rod, 2', which passes up from thecenter of the plate and is surrounded by a coil-spring, i, which'fibearsagainst the surface of the plate, and has its upper end passing througha short tube which screws on the end of the dasher-rod. Thedasher-plates have thus a certain amount of vertical spring on theirrods.

J is a false bottom fitting within thebox or tub below the dashersfandconstructed as follows: Two similar rectangular plates, K K,

preferably made of wood, and provided with the perforations p, are eachattached by their corners and middle portions to the front and rearsupporting-strips, L L, by the coil-springs Z Z. parts that can springseparately upon the supporting-strips, and each of which lies below oneof the dasher-plates.

M is a wringer, turned by the crank-handle m on the shaft m, which hasbearings in the sides of the box.

N is the upper shaft of the wringer journaled in sliding-boxes a,cont-rolled by the coilspring n, which is attached within propervertical slots 01? in the frame of the wringer, and bear upon the uppersurfaces of the boxes n. The upper roller of the wringer is covered withflannel, as shown.

The dasher-plates come down alternately upon the halves or plates K K ofthe false bottom; hence, one dasher being elevated, the other comes downupon its own proper plate K and the clothes thereon, depressing the saidplate slightly, because of its spring connections. It also drives thewater up through the perforations in the other plate against and throughthe clothes lying loose thereon, and aids in washing them.

The bottom is thus formed of two equal The connection of the dasherrodsand plates serves to prevent fouling from overloading the plates tooheavy.

WVhen not using the machine, the water is let off by a faucet or cock inits bottom.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent is- 1. In a washing-machine, the combination of the box A andfalse bottom J, composed of the strips L, plates K, and springs Z, withthe dasher-plates H H, springs I and i3, rods 1', dasher-rods G G, andmechanism, substantially as described, to reciprocate the saiddasher-rods vertically and alternately.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination of the tub A, false bottom J,dasher-plates H H, and rods G G, connected to said platesby springs Iand i, the connection-rods F F, crank-shaft O, and means, substantiallyas described, for rotating the latter.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL CONVERSE. \Vitnesses:

Dnnrson W. CLARKE, BELL E. CLARKE.

